From a maybe angry Irishman. But then, with the Irish, how is one supposed to know if they are truly angry, contratulatin’ ya on a fine win at some sport or another, or just downright sotted?
“This coming Thursday the Scots will vote on whether to make Scotland an independent nation. And I hope they do because it will be a disaster.
“I don’t say this as a prejudiced Irishman. Even though the thistle-arse sheep-shagger Scots swiped Ulster and sent a herd of Presbyterian proddy dogs and porridge wogs to squat on our land and won the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 by using unfair—indeed, unheard of —- organization, discipline, and tactics on an Irish battlefield. We Micks only hold a grudge about such things for 300 years or so.
“Nor is Scottish independence a misery-loves-company moment for us Irish. True, Irish independence has been no bed of shamrocks, what with the Easter Rebellion, the black-and-tans, the civil war, the IRA, and the Celtic Tiger turning out to be a mangy barn cat drowned in the well.”
“(By the way, NPR newscasters will have to learn to pronounce ‘Scotland’ the way the Scottish do. When asked how to pronounce the name of their country the Scottish say, ‘Faauhk you.’)”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/09/13/up-to-a-point-a-free-scotland-would-be-a-hilarious-disaster.html#
Tripped over at maggiesfarm.
(I figure, every people or clan or geographical location deserves to be as independent as they/it so desire, and may they/it reap the benefits and/or suffer the consequences thereof.)
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